What's Wrong With the Far Right?

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i think we have to recognize that there are asymmetries on both sides of this continuum. And s ware's one a emmetery, which accounts for why i've spent more time focused,. as much as i bang on about trump, i've actually spent more time focussed on the problems of the left. It's because the left has really captured culture and institutions in a way that the right hasn't. So it's really ike the game of both sidesmd, doesn't quite work.

Sam Harris speaks with Jonah Goldberg about the state of American politics and civil society. They discuss the hyperpartisanship of the Left and Right, what Trump has done to the Republican party, the breakdown of trust in institutions, the “new catastrophism” enabled by social media, the problem of populism, and other topics.

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